(Ouverte par Didou pour sa fête) Nez de cave humide, cuir et pruneaux. En bouche, on lui donnerait 20 ans de moins! Le vin est bien vivant, avec une belle concentration, de l'énergie et une longueur fort respectable. Le 2e verre est encore meilleur. Il a gagné en volume et en prestance. Un vieux vin certes, mais avec une complexité aromatique admirable. 93 pts
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Totally have the same review as Grapescott. I couldn’t agree more. This really surprised, I wish I had more. This is among the best 66s I’ve had and the others are pricier.
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High shoulder fill, cork was extracted with a Durand in excellent condition. Color is deep purple with no signs of bricking. Extremely youthful nose, more black-fruited than I expected for DDC, with cherry and cassis, accented by earth, cedar and saddle leather. Elegant but with a richness that explodes in the mouth, with a smooth, seamless finish. I could drink this all night. Just an extraordinary wine.
Lunch bordelais décadent (au Quartier Général): Une bouteille qui a fait jaser, mais pas que pour les bonnes raisons! Le nez paraissait bouchonné à certains, ce n'est qu'après aération qu'ils ont convenu que non, alors qu'apparaissait ce côté fumé classique, des notes de poivrons. Il reste que ce n'était pas une des meilleures bouteilles de ce lot acheté à l'encan. Celle-ci était agréable avec un fruit un brin sucré, mais quelques saveurs vieillottes. Agréable mais surtout en fonction de son âge. 87 pts sur celle-ci
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Bue à Minogami avec un ami du millésime (Philippe). Une très belle bouteille il reste un fruit sucré, léger et très agréable, ça se boit tout seul, en douceur et subtilité. 92 pts
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From a recently purchased case of 12 OWC. Clearly impeccably stored with pristine labels. In the glass this was still red with only slight bricking, you would never pick this for 50+ years. The nose is extremely floral with lots of perfume. No tannins, smooth and elegant. An earthy aftertaste but still with some red fruits. You just can't beat bordeaux for agability and consistency.
Drank at SW Christmas party
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Bouteille qui me donne un peu de travail avec le bilame Oeil rubis/ orangé au pourtour fortement orangé Nez expressif et surprenant de profondeur sur le cèdre, la cerise, le cuir, la terre, la viande, le couvert forestier et les champignons L’attaque fais jeune, pas jeune jeune, mais il ne fais pas vieux vin, disons attaque mature, un beau fruit et un peu d’acidité pour réveiller nos papilles Au toucher, des résidus de tannins, une texture douce et suave, il n’y a plus beaucoup de corps, mais de beaux aromes de cèdre, de cerise, de viande rouge et de cuir viennent agrémenter le tout, quelques notes balsamiques en fin de bouche mais vraiment rien de dramatique La finale, sans battre de record de longueur, tiens grandement la toute, sur des notes agréables, douces de cuir, de cerise et de cèdre. Au final, le vin c’est le plaisir et ici j’ai un beau moment de plaisir... le vin n’est certe pas à son apogée, mais il en donne encore beaucoup. J’ai visiblement frappé une belle bouteille 94 pts
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Happy Birthday Kevin! (Kevin and Vicki's House): This was a pop and pour. Minor breaking around the edges. Initially, lean. The nose has a rather bizarre locker room aroma. There is a lot of secondary and tertiary flavors here, a LOT. Cedar, cigar box, tobacco, beef blood. This wine is ponderous, elegant, a joy to drink.
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Happy Birthday Kevin! (Kevin and Vicki's House) Nose: vegetal, leather, earthy elements. Some cloudiness as well as some bricking at edges (hardly surprising for its’ age). Yummy red fruits on palate cherry/strawberry. Tannins very soft and well integrated with the fruit. Amazing complex wine, particularly at 51 years!.
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A Wednesday Wine Lunch with Some Oomph (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Dark red color with a 7mm transitionally bricked margin. PNP, drank 1+ glass over 90+ minutes. This is one of those wines that really belies any kind of score - though I will try. For me it is a completely compelling and transcendent wine that is the reason that I drink wine to begin with. A profound wine of impeccable provenance, that at 51 years is a treasure to share and drink. I find it hard to convey everything that this wine delivers, but it absolutely has a soul to offer. Therein lies the beauty in the glass. The nose is powerfully aromatic, leather, dried flowers, cigar, red cherry, horse saddle, olive, metal like minerality, subtle funk, dried leaves. On a later re-pour there's notes of pure cassis present. The palate is medium bodied, so elegant, cedarbox, red cherry, dried red berries, tangy and minerally, dried celery root, earth, cigar, leather, fine grained tannins that are perfectly integrated and it finishes long. We sometimes give credit to wine for it still being drinkable at a certain age - that can be admirable in itself. But a wine, that ages so gracefully deserves to be appreciated for everything it is. Everything has to go right from winemaking to storage and on down the line to deliver this moment: seamless, cerebral and profound. My and group WOTN. 96(+?).
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Kevin's (Rocknroller) Birthday Bash: Nose: Very secondary with gravel, olive tapenade, Stargazer lilies, celery, and cassis. Very cool nose that would move in and out of the aforementioned attributes with time in the glass. Very compelling! Palate: Even at 51 years of age this still shows red fruits, most notably cherry with the lily showing and gravel minerals. A very elegant and cerebral wine that had excellent provenance and showcased just how ageable Bordeaux wines can be. Thanks Kevin for sharing this gem! Mine and the group's wine of the tasting. 94+ points.
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Quand on sait que ce vin a vu le jour sous de Gaulle, Leonid Brezhnev et Lyndon Johnson, quand les Beatles venaient de sortir Rubber Soul et qu'on n'avait pas marché sur la lune, on a l'impression de se verser un verre d'histoire. En espérant que cette histoire soit encore jolie!
La robe du vin est orangée, voire tuilée, ouf qu'il a l'air vieux! Par contre le nez est suave, avec de classiques notes de boite à cigares, de cèdre, avec quelques notes de cassis. C'est subtil et fin.
En bouche, on a clairement affaire à un vieux vin, mais certainement pas à un cadavre! Au contraire, il montre encore une belle énergie, avec encore quelques tanins (assagis), un fruit légèrement sucré, une finale minérale agréable avec ses nuances de crayon à mine. Le registre est tertiaire, sans surprise, mais très agréable. Il a aussi un côté très salin qui, avec le canard, fait un malheur!
Fait étonnant, à la fin du repas il me semble presque plus vigoureux, bref la lente aération ne lui a certainement pas nui, même si je ne peux affirmer qu'elle lui a profité. Sinon c'est le dépôt du fond qui lui donne du corps!
Une très belle bouteille. Je lui aurais aisément donné vingt ans de moins, le plaçant en 1986. Je lui donnerais un bon 91 pts, mais vu son âge et son bagage, je serais tenté de lui donner quelques points de plus, pour l'émotion palpable que procure cette expérience presque archéologique et pour le mérite qu'il a d'être si en forme à son âge.
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1966 birthday vertical at Domaine de Chevalier (Domaine de Chevalier - actually on 2 December 2016): This was quite excellent. Darker in color and denser in aspect than the LMHB of the same vintage, although perhaps not quite as fine grained. Where it turned more convincing to me was with its more youthful palate, more robust, and with pleasing iodine notes on the long finish: a lovely pairing with the young guinea fowl. A touch of vanilla in the sauce also matched the denser aspects of the Domaine de Chevalier better.
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Stellar Night of Bordeaux; 5/15/2015-5/17/2015 (NYC): Terrific stuff. The nose was a little tight on opening, but blossoms with air showing mint-menthol, cedar, orange peel. Bright, resolved, elegant yet intense with a long finish. Classic. My third favorite of the night.
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Old Bordeaux with Patrick back in town (Fabio's, NYC): A wow wine from the first sip. This has it all - those classic Graves smoky, gravelly, and pipe tobacco flavours, mature earthiness and leathery notes, and a core of red and dark berried fruit that still feels very fresh and lively. The tannin here is fully integrated, and there's bright acidity beneath keeping it very polished and lively. So elegant and long. Stunning wine.
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Domaine de Chevalier Tasting (Chez Bouffard): High shoulder, awful looking cork - but when it came out, there was about a millimeter between wine coming up from the bottom and mold coming down from the top so we were safe! I decanted and immediately served this, thinking it might flag with air but it didn't. It held up well for the hour and a half over which we drank the bottle.
Beautiful, open, lovely nose with a lot of impact. Dusty, leathery, old tobacco smoke with this lithe wisp of fruit. Almost honeyed. The palate was all patina, but still tannic!
Needs drinking now (!)
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Light colour brownish on the rim. Sweet on the nose, flower tones and chocolate dipped cherries. Mature Bordeaux on the palate and after-taste with wood, cedar, earth and little tannins left. But powerful and elegant. Seems to have had excellent storage.
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almost X-mas evening with Arjen: Perfect bottle in perfect case. Level base of neck, orginal cork came out in one piece. not a top wine, but lovers of classical Bordeaux will admire this one. Will not get any better and will probaby be long gone from less than perfect provenance, but quite pleasing.
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Always love old DDC, and this one's showing very well (Jay had double decanted a short while beforehand and the wine kept getting better and better with air). Mature red fruits seasoned with cedar, herbs, savoury developed earthy and smoky elements; very finessed and light on its feet with the tannins resolved but the acidity keeping it fresh and vibrant.
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Still in great shape despite a mid-shoulder fill. About as classic Graves as a wine can get, the smokiness of the aroma is so vivid. Fully mature (obviously), so it tastes every bit as evocative as it smells. There is still a little bit of structure giving it a slight edginess that makes it perform better with dinner than as a sipper, but it's so easy to drink on account of the fact that almost all its physical stuffing has melted away; it's all patina.
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We had this wine with our HHI Wine Friends and we totally disagree with Robert on this one. This is classic St. Emilion in a class by itself. The color was deep brick but with a clear miniscus. The nose exploded with red roses, deep dark cherries and tobacco with earthy mushrooms. The taste was deep with earthy, fruit showing black cherries, casis, currants, kirsch and truffle. The finish was medium long on ripe earthy fruit. This was one of Dud Man’s favorites
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1/17/2024 - d'Artagnan wrote: 93 Points
(Ouverte par Didou pour sa fête)
Nez de cave humide, cuir et pruneaux. En bouche, on lui donnerait 20 ans de moins! Le vin est bien vivant, avec une belle concentration, de l'énergie et une longueur fort respectable. Le 2e verre est encore meilleur. Il a gagné en volume et en prestance. Un vieux vin certes, mais avec une complexité aromatique admirable. 93 pts
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1/10/2024 - johnh1001 wrote: 90 Points
A perfect bottle. Lovely soft red fruit and plenty of earth. Smooth and well balanced but very little depth.
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12/20/2023 - Gabe Likes this wine: 95 Points
Totally have the same review as Grapescott. I couldn’t agree more. This really surprised, I wish I had more. This is among the best 66s I’ve had and the others are pricier.
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12/5/2021 - GrapeScott wrote: 95 Points
High shoulder fill, cork was extracted with a Durand in excellent condition. Color is deep purple with no signs of bricking. Extremely youthful nose, more black-fruited than I expected for DDC, with cherry and cassis, accented by earth, cedar and saddle leather. Elegant but with a richness that explodes in the mouth, with a smooth, seamless finish. I could drink this all night. Just an extraordinary wine.
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10/18/2019 - d'Artagnan wrote:
Lunch bordelais décadent (au Quartier Général): Une bouteille qui a fait jaser, mais pas que pour les bonnes raisons! Le nez paraissait bouchonné à certains, ce n'est qu'après aération qu'ils ont convenu que non, alors qu'apparaissait ce côté fumé classique, des notes de poivrons. Il reste que ce n'était pas une des meilleures bouteilles de ce lot acheté à l'encan. Celle-ci était agréable avec un fruit un brin sucré, mais quelques saveurs vieillottes. Agréable mais surtout en fonction de son âge. 87 pts sur celle-ci
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7/25/2019 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Bue à Minogami avec un ami du millésime (Philippe).
Une très belle bouteille il reste un fruit sucré, léger et très agréable, ça se boit tout seul, en douceur et subtilité. 92 pts
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12/16/2018 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 93 Points
From a recently purchased case of 12 OWC. Clearly impeccably stored with pristine labels. In the glass this was still red with only slight bricking, you would never pick this for 50+ years. The nose is extremely floral with lots of perfume. No tannins, smooth and elegant. An earthy aftertaste but still with some red fruits. You just can't beat bordeaux for agability and consistency.
Drank at SW Christmas party
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12/29/2017 - Jonathanmustang Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bouteille qui me donne un peu de travail avec le bilame
Oeil rubis/ orangé au pourtour fortement orangé
Nez expressif et surprenant de profondeur sur le cèdre, la cerise, le cuir, la terre, la viande, le couvert forestier et les champignons
L’attaque fais jeune, pas jeune jeune, mais il ne fais pas vieux vin, disons attaque mature, un beau fruit et un peu d’acidité pour réveiller nos papilles
Au toucher, des résidus de tannins, une texture douce et suave, il n’y a plus beaucoup de corps, mais de beaux aromes de cèdre, de cerise, de viande rouge et de cuir viennent agrémenter le tout, quelques notes balsamiques en fin de bouche mais vraiment rien de dramatique
La finale, sans battre de record de longueur, tiens grandement la toute, sur des notes agréables, douces de cuir, de cerise et de cèdre.
Au final, le vin c’est le plaisir et ici j’ai un beau moment de plaisir... le vin n’est certe pas à son apogée, mais il en donne encore beaucoup. J’ai visiblement frappé une belle bouteille
94 pts
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9/8/2017 - d'Artagnan wrote:
Une bouteille trop fatiguée, la première du lot jusqu'ici. Encore buvable mais pas terrible.
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9/2/2017 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Très belle finesse et encore plein de vie, avec une texture presque bourguignonne. Superbe bouteille. 92 pts
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5/11/2017 - galewskj wrote: 94 Points
Happy Birthday Kevin! (Kevin and Vicki's House): This was a pop and pour. Minor breaking around the edges. Initially, lean. The nose has a rather bizarre locker room aroma. There is a lot of secondary and tertiary flavors here, a LOT. Cedar, cigar box, tobacco, beef blood. This wine is ponderous, elegant, a joy to drink.
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5/10/2017 - robertgf wrote: 94 Points
Happy Birthday Kevin! (Kevin and Vicki's House) Nose: vegetal, leather, earthy elements. Some cloudiness as well as some bricking at edges (hardly surprising for its’ age). Yummy red fruits on palate cherry/strawberry. Tannins very soft and well integrated with the fruit. Amazing complex wine, particularly at 51 years!.
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5/10/2017 - rocknroller wrote: 96 Points
A Wednesday Wine Lunch with Some Oomph (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Dark red color with a 7mm transitionally bricked margin. PNP, drank 1+ glass over 90+ minutes. This is one of those wines that really belies any kind of score - though I will try. For me it is a completely compelling and transcendent wine that is the reason that I drink wine to begin with. A profound wine of impeccable provenance, that at 51 years is a treasure to share and drink. I find it hard to convey everything that this wine delivers, but it absolutely has a soul to offer. Therein lies the beauty in the glass. The nose is powerfully aromatic, leather, dried flowers, cigar, red cherry, horse saddle, olive, metal like minerality, subtle funk, dried leaves. On a later re-pour there's notes of pure cassis present. The palate is medium bodied, so elegant, cedarbox, red cherry, dried red berries, tangy and minerally, dried celery root, earth, cigar, leather, fine grained tannins that are perfectly integrated and it finishes long. We sometimes give credit to wine for it still being drinkable at a certain age - that can be admirable in itself. But a wine, that ages so gracefully deserves to be appreciated for everything it is. Everything has to go right from winemaking to storage and on down the line to deliver this moment: seamless, cerebral and profound. My and group WOTN. 96(+?).
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5/10/2017 - Mattshank wrote: 94 Points
Kevin's (Rocknroller) Birthday Bash: Nose: Very secondary with gravel, olive tapenade, Stargazer lilies, celery, and cassis. Very cool nose that would move in and out of the aforementioned attributes with time in the glass. Very compelling! Palate: Even at 51 years of age this still shows red fruits, most notably cherry with the lily showing and gravel minerals. A very elegant and cerebral wine that had excellent provenance and showcased just how ageable Bordeaux wines can be. Thanks Kevin for sharing this gem! Mine and the group's wine of the tasting. 94+ points.
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3/25/2017 - d'Artagnan wrote:
Nez fin de cèdre tabac. Bouche fine et élégante évoluée certes et tertiaire mais fine et fort agréable. Encore un peu tannique! Belle bouteille.
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1/21/2017 - d'Artagnan wrote: 91 Points
Quand on sait que ce vin a vu le jour sous de Gaulle, Leonid Brezhnev et Lyndon Johnson, quand les Beatles venaient de sortir Rubber Soul et qu'on n'avait pas marché sur la lune, on a l'impression de se verser un verre d'histoire. En espérant que cette histoire soit encore jolie!
La robe du vin est orangée, voire tuilée, ouf qu'il a l'air vieux!
Par contre le nez est suave, avec de classiques notes de boite à cigares, de cèdre, avec quelques notes de cassis. C'est subtil et fin.
En bouche, on a clairement affaire à un vieux vin, mais certainement pas à un cadavre! Au contraire, il montre encore une belle énergie, avec encore quelques tanins (assagis), un fruit légèrement sucré, une finale minérale agréable avec ses nuances de crayon à mine. Le registre est tertiaire, sans surprise, mais très agréable. Il a aussi un côté très salin qui, avec le canard, fait un malheur!
Fait étonnant, à la fin du repas il me semble presque plus vigoureux, bref la lente aération ne lui a certainement pas nui, même si je ne peux affirmer qu'elle lui a profité. Sinon c'est le dépôt du fond qui lui donne du corps!
Une très belle bouteille. Je lui aurais aisément donné vingt ans de moins, le plaçant en 1986. Je lui donnerais un bon 91 pts, mais vu son âge et son bagage, je serais tenté de lui donner quelques points de plus, pour l'émotion palpable que procure cette expérience presque archéologique et pour le mérite qu'il a d'être si en forme à son âge.
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1/3/2017 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 93 Points
1966 birthday vertical at Domaine de Chevalier (Domaine de Chevalier - actually on 2 December 2016): This was quite excellent. Darker in color and denser in aspect than the LMHB of the same vintage, although perhaps not quite as fine grained. Where it turned more convincing to me was with its more youthful palate, more robust, and with pleasing iodine notes on the long finish: a lovely pairing with the young guinea fowl. A touch of vanilla in the sauce also matched the denser aspects of the Domaine de Chevalier better.
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8/22/2016 - Steve Brickley wrote: flawed
Short notes. Drinking well on one hour pnp. Lovely aged bordeaux at its peak or past it with maybe five to ten years left.
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4/16/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 86 Points
Better on its nose with all the smoke, tobacco, thyme and earthyness, than on the light, red berry palate. The wine is elegant, soft and fully mature.
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5/16/2015 - blanquito wrote: 93 Points
Stellar Night of Bordeaux; 5/15/2015-5/17/2015 (NYC): Terrific stuff. The nose was a little tight on opening, but blossoms with air showing mint-menthol, cedar, orange peel. Bright, resolved, elegant yet intense with a long finish. Classic. My third favorite of the night.
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5/16/2015 - salil wrote: 94 Points
Old Bordeaux with Patrick back in town (Fabio's, NYC): A wow wine from the first sip. This has it all - those classic Graves smoky, gravelly, and pipe tobacco flavours, mature earthiness and leathery notes, and a core of red and dark berried fruit that still feels very fresh and lively. The tannin here is fully integrated, and there's bright acidity beneath keeping it very polished and lively. So elegant and long. Stunning wine.
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6/8/2014 - englishman's claret wrote: 93 Points
Domaine de Chevalier Tasting (Chez Bouffard): High shoulder, awful looking cork - but when it came out, there was about a millimeter between wine coming up from the bottom and mold coming down from the top so we were safe! I decanted and immediately served this, thinking it might flag with air but it didn't. It held up well for the hour and a half over which we drank the bottle.
Beautiful, open, lovely nose with a lot of impact. Dusty, leathery, old tobacco smoke with this lithe wisp of fruit. Almost honeyed. The palate was all patina, but still tannic!
Needs drinking now (!)
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3/31/2012 - Ary wrote: 90 Points
Light colour brownish on the rim. Sweet on the nose, flower tones and chocolate dipped cherries. Mature Bordeaux on the palate and after-taste with wood, cedar, earth and little tannins left. But powerful and elegant. Seems to have had excellent storage.
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12/22/2011 - svdheijden wrote: 91 Points
almost X-mas evening with Arjen: Perfect bottle in perfect case. Level base of neck, orginal cork came out in one piece. not a top wine, but lovers of classical Bordeaux will admire this one. Will not get any better and will probaby be long gone from less than perfect provenance, but quite pleasing.
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8/19/2011 - salil wrote: 92 Points
Always love old DDC, and this one's showing very well (Jay had double decanted a short while beforehand and the wine kept getting better and better with air). Mature red fruits seasoned with cedar, herbs, savoury developed earthy and smoky elements; very finessed and light on its feet with the tannins resolved but the acidity keeping it fresh and vibrant.
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10/5/2010 - Captain Haddock Likes this wine: 95 Points
In the prime of life, delicious, supremely balanced.
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9/26/2009 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 93 Points
Still in great shape despite a mid-shoulder fill. About as classic Graves as a wine can get, the smokiness of the aroma is so vivid. Fully mature (obviously), so it tastes every bit as evocative as it smells. There is still a little bit of structure giving it a slight edginess that makes it perform better with dinner than as a sipper, but it's so easy to drink on account of the fact that almost all its physical stuffing has melted away; it's all patina.
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9/9/2006 - johnwine wrote: 95 Points
We had this wine with our HHI Wine Friends and we totally disagree with Robert on this one. This is classic St. Emilion in a class by itself. The color was deep brick but with a clear miniscus. The nose exploded with red roses, deep dark cherries and tobacco with earthy mushrooms. The taste was deep with earthy, fruit showing black cherries, casis, currants, kirsch and truffle. The finish was medium long on ripe earthy fruit. This was one of Dud Man’s favorites
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